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Early New Denver
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Early New Denver

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Early New Denver

By admin|2025-08-25T14:06:55-07:00October 19th, 2018|Categories: Booklets|Tags: Cole Harris, Henning von Krogh, History, mining history, New Denver, Pioneer Life, Pioneering, Slocan Valley|

by Henning von Krogh & Cole Harris This is an account of a West Kootenay village, New Denver, during its first decade. The almost instant creation of a mining rush, it began in a speculative frenzy, then grew much more slowly than its promoters has hoped. Yet, unlike most of the townsites created [...]

Beginnings of the Bosun Ranch
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Beginnings of the Bosun Ranch

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Beginnings of the Bosun Ranch

By admin|2025-08-25T14:36:34-07:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Booklets|Tags: Cowichan Valley, Eli Carpenter, Kootenay history, Land clearing, mining history, New Denver, Pioneering, Sandon, slocan history, Slocan Valley|

Reminiscences of Joseph Colebrook Harris with an Introduction by Cole Harris Beginnings at the Bosun Ranch booklet cover Early in 1944 my mother, who had a morning show on CBC Radio, asked my grandfather, Joseph Colebrook Harris, to write about his early years in British Columbia. She hoped that his accounts [...]